Physics and its place in the system of sciences. The relationship of man and nature. Natural sciences in ancient Orient and
Greece, Greek natural philosophers, Aristotle. Physics in Helenistic period, Archimed. Arabic science, European science in
Middle Ages. Renaissance - da Vinci, Giordano Bruno. Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Huygens. The birth of physics as experimental
science. Newton and his work.

Requirements:

General knowledge of history of mankind and basic laws of physics at high school level.

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Physics and its place in the system of sciences., the relationship of man and nature. 2. The origin of man, thinking and
culture. 3.The science in ancient Orient, Egypt, India and China. 4. Greek natural philosophy, atomists. 5. Aristotelian physics.
6. Physics in helenistic period, Archimed. 7. Arabian science. 8. Science in medieval Europe. 9. Copernicus and heliocentrism.
10. Physics during the Renaissance. 11. Kepler and Galilei. 12.Scientific revolution in the 17th century. 13. Newton and the
origin of classicak mechanics.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Knowledge:

Obtain global view at the beginning of physical thinking and knowledge from the very origin to the New Ages Further task is
to demonstrate how the logical and mathematically founded picture of nature replaced the original mythological concepts and
to stress the contribution of the nations of old Orient and antic Greece. Also to show how the development of science and
technology during European Middle Ages resulted into the experimentally based scientific revolution which opened the road
to our technical civilization of today.

Abilities:

According to personal interests to broaden one's knowledge by further study of literature, be able to work with the historical
sources and to prepare essays on the chosen thema from this period of physics..